The Golden Elephant finds our heroine archeaologist Annya Creed deep in the tomb of the Mad Emperor Lu. Having retrieved a imperial seal, she finds herself running to avoid being drowned by a cascade of water. Next we meed the Tomb Raider named EC (Easy or Elephant Calf) Ngwenya, a South African princess of wealth and attitude and notorious for stealing from tombs. Thus the Tomb Raider moniker. She sends a rope down to Annya, but steals off with the Imperial Seal. Another artificat gone.Roux displeased at losing the Imperial Seal, sends Annya on a search for what is known as the Golden Elephant. It is reported to have green eyes, and lies in the valley of Siam. This time it's all about money. Roux keeps losing his fortune to his gambling addiction.Note: Garin Braden makes absolutely NO appearance in this story. Just a quick mention.Our villian for this story: Giancarlo Scarlatti who meets with a satisfactory ending.The story takes Annya from London, to Paris, to Turkey, (where our last story ended) on to Germany for a flight to Thailand and then finally to Burma. There she meets up with fellow Americans Dr. Philip Kennedy, Patty Ruhle, and guide Eddie Chen. All but Annya meet a sad ending.EC and Annya end up on the same side while trying to get two invading armies to fight against each other and save the artifact known as the Golden Elephant. This story wasn't as good as the last one, which makes me believe that this author hasn't been with this series all that much. There were several fight scenes, but after losing all of her teammates to either a village attack, fall from a cliff or shot numerous times, the story just seemed to me to be a bit strained.Of course, on to the next one! As of this entry, there are 30 that have either been released, or will be released by May 2011.And this is, of course, the last book I shall finish before New Years 2011 :O)
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The Golden Elephant finds our heroine archeaologist Annya Creed deep in the tomb of the Mad Emperor Lu. Having retrieved a imperial seal, she finds herself running to avoid being drowned by a cascade of water. Next we meed the Tomb Raider named EC (Easy or Elephant Calf) Ngwenya, a South African princess of wealth and attitude and notorious for stealing from tombs. Thus the Tomb Raider moniker. She sends a rope down to Annya, but steals off with the Imperial Seal. Another artificat gone.Roux displeased at losing the Imperial Seal, sends Annya on a search for what is known as the Golden Elephant. It is reported to have green eyes, and lies in the valley of Siam. This time it's all about money. Roux keeps losing his fortune to his gambling addiction.Note: Garin Braden makes absolutely NO appearance in this story. Just a quick mention.Our villian for this story: Giancarlo Scarlatti who meets with a satisfactory ending.The story takes Annya from London, to Paris, to Turkey, (where our last story ended) on to Germany for a flight to Thailand and then finally to Burma. There she meets up with fellow Americans Dr. Philip Kennedy, Patty Ruhle, and guide Eddie Chen. All but Annya meet a sad ending.EC and Annya end up on the same side while trying to get two invading armies to fight against each other and save the artifact known as the Golden Elephant. This story wasn't as good as the last one, which makes me believe that this author hasn't been with this series all that much. There were several fight scenes, but after losing all of her teammates to either a village attack, fall from a cliff or shot numerous times, the story just seemed to me to be a bit strained.Of course, on to the next one! As of this entry, there are 30 that have either been released, or will be released by May 2011.And this is, of course, the last book I shall finish before New Years 2011 :O)
